Gord
04-22-2006, 05:51 PM
My lovely wife and my eldest daughter are off in Sudbury, Ontario this weekend at a swim meet (my daughter is doing very well and hopefully impressing the university swim coaches!). I have stayed home to take care of my youngest daughter and her Shiba Inu (a Japanese dog!). Of course youngest daughter and Nala (the dog!) will have nothing to do with me today. So a chance to ride? Nope. Weather is crap.
So I do some household chores. Get the lawn tractor ready for the cutting season. Get stuff organized for my business trip to China. Do the dishes that I have let pile up for a day now. Do all the banking and bill payments (that never seems to end here!). And end up totally frustrated. Lack of fun. So I pour a drink, and head out to the garage.
I just sat on the steps from my house into the garage. Sipping on my Canadian whiskey. Alternatively staring at my 2004 silver R1150R and my 2002 Canadian Launch Edition Mini. And as I looked at my bike, I thought to myself, "what are you thinking?" I've been thinking about trading my bike. For another BMW. Love the K1200S. Have learned to love the K1200R. Am weirdly thinking of the R1200S (I'm not a racer!). And have started to thinking maybe a GS is in order (my good buddy Bjorn The Norwegian rides an GS1150 Adventure). But as I stared at my silver beauty, I felt pangs of guilt for thinking about dumping her. Very frikkin cool lines on the gas tank. The Beak is endearing. The jugs of an R bike are so distinctive that the K bikes are actually boring compared to the unique personality of the R. I love the large single headlight. The backe end looks sporty and light. And then I went and looked at the Ultraviolet website again, and appreciated how futuristic the R1150R looks.
It's a sweet bike and I am lucky to own one. I think I need to ADD a bike rather than REPLACE a bike.
The huge tax refund I got this year (5 digits worth) might not go against my mortgage now!!!
So I do some household chores. Get the lawn tractor ready for the cutting season. Get stuff organized for my business trip to China. Do the dishes that I have let pile up for a day now. Do all the banking and bill payments (that never seems to end here!). And end up totally frustrated. Lack of fun. So I pour a drink, and head out to the garage.
I just sat on the steps from my house into the garage. Sipping on my Canadian whiskey. Alternatively staring at my 2004 silver R1150R and my 2002 Canadian Launch Edition Mini. And as I looked at my bike, I thought to myself, "what are you thinking?" I've been thinking about trading my bike. For another BMW. Love the K1200S. Have learned to love the K1200R. Am weirdly thinking of the R1200S (I'm not a racer!). And have started to thinking maybe a GS is in order (my good buddy Bjorn The Norwegian rides an GS1150 Adventure). But as I stared at my silver beauty, I felt pangs of guilt for thinking about dumping her. Very frikkin cool lines on the gas tank. The Beak is endearing. The jugs of an R bike are so distinctive that the K bikes are actually boring compared to the unique personality of the R. I love the large single headlight. The backe end looks sporty and light. And then I went and looked at the Ultraviolet website again, and appreciated how futuristic the R1150R looks.
It's a sweet bike and I am lucky to own one. I think I need to ADD a bike rather than REPLACE a bike.
The huge tax refund I got this year (5 digits worth) might not go against my mortgage now!!!